Le Bourget, June 15, 2005

Snecma Services and Northwest Airlines Inc. have signed an agreement to cover all of Northwest Airlines’ CFM56-5A engines powering more than 150 A319 and A320 aircraft until the end of 2020, under a long term maintenance per flight hour contract. This contract, valued at over 2 billion U.S. dollars, covers the maintenance of the engines, as well as all the engine LRUs.

“We are very proud to have earned the confidence of Northwest Airlines over the past 8 years and are delighted for this opportunity to serve them for another 16 years” said Jean-Lin Fournereaux, President of Snecma Services. “This contract demonstrates in addition our commitment to expand our presence in North America and to offer our services to the North American CFM56 client base” he added.

“We have been very satisfied with the quality of the service provided by Snecma Services, and their flexibility and responsiveness in addressing our needs in these difficult times, and we are happy to expand and extend this fruitful partnership” said Andrew Roberts, Executive Vice President Operations at Northwest Airlines.

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Snecma Services (Safran Group) provides a full line of aero-engine support services to operators (airlines, armed forces, lessors, VIP…) including: Engine MRO, components repair, engineering support (fleet management, remote diagnostics), LRU support, engine maintenance on site (EMOS), technical assistance, engine and parts repair, tooling, technical publications, test cell calibration, spare engine leasing, flight test support, mechanics training and more. Snecma Services operates three sites in France (Montereau, Saint-Quentin and Châtellerault) and has a Belgian subsidiary, Snecma Services Brussels. The company has also created a number of joint ventures with major manufacturers and airlines:

Visit Snecma Services online at www.snecma-services.com

Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,600 daily departures. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world's most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 900 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.